The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-02-12

why, III there was preol6pO6ltlon 70
insanity In the family. why did not
good Mrs Goodwin turn insane when
she heard that her sons hands were
imbrued in human blo,df The claim
of insanity attempted to be eatsb.
lished was absurd. The prisoner was
thrown from horse, the sister bad
catalspsy, tie mother neuralgia, the
cousin chorea, hence the prisoner was
insane. THIS reminded him OF the
clowns analogy in the circus:
Queen Victoris's got the govt.
Napoleon has he measles.
Susan's got the who ping cough,
Pop goes the wease.. :"
A martyr to honor. No, gentlemen;
the true theory of the defense was
outlined by Gen. Turner in his closing
remarks, "Russsll God win was a
msrtyr to honor" Col. Cant. said
the same when he ca led Dalton "a
lying dog and s'anderer, who de-
served dog death and ought 10 die"
/ will meet you on that issue, gentle
men, later on. But, gentlemen, we
now leave their side Of the case and
come to our own. Our side is this,
gentlemen: Your sister seduced him,
your father entrspped him into a
black mailing scheme, and you muir.
dered him. That is our position. You
FAY even II this Is true that he de
serves 10 be shot down like deg. Let
as see how that lie. II
he was led from the
mothers influence and tednced by the
siren voice Of married woman, when,
prior to I at time, he was an industri-
ou', hard working, good boy, and had
done nothing dshonorable, and where,
# he had been let alone by this won.
IN, he won d still have continued in
/ Is way Of life; and do you think
that he should bs shit down
like a dog for this? Now,
gentlemen, l want to soy Tome
hing about those letters. Experts
have said she wrote them, and experts
have said she did not Wi Q Them. She
says che did not write them. The
mother and aunt say she did write
them. / le.ve 1t to you, gentlemen,
who wrote them Hands tns m to the
Jury Examine tnem for yourselves
and say who wrote them. But ii ev-
cry letter In this case was thrown out
and the Tyus letter a'one left,
and thi. she admits che wrote, and /
want no better evidence OF her guilt
than her own confession in this letter.
Why does she defy the mother and
subt and say thet she will not desist
10 her pursuit OF the boyP Why Dies
she dare the mother to tell her hus-
baud and say il she does that her son
will he q corpse? Why does she say
that the Watching she has been sub.
jscted to renders life unbearable2 You
say she was watched by no one but the
mother and eunt-no one o "a. Then
why dots che say that Mr.. Polk is
jealous and will surely kill him2 Why
does she say in this letter that Tom
sptaks of going away and che thinks
It is best; that she has been going
out more than she was able to keep
from talking to him, and that she had
been trying to oveIc )me the position ?
WHAT position2 Col CAN'T says the
position of the two houses trying to
overcome the position Of the two
hou or, Col. CAN'T? What was the
mttter with the two houses? Were
they too far aparLp Did che want to
get nearer, where she could kiss and
be kissed by her dimpled boy? There
is nothing else needed, gentlemen.
The letter hold In my hand is sufi-
oient to damn her forever In the eyes
OF all good people. And now we come
10 the postscript. Why does she say,
"Please burn this nOts"2 A married
woman writing about SINCE man aud
saying please burn this motel l think
have heard something Of that sort
before. l think thai expression beat
a man for the Presidency once.
Please burn this motel l tell you, she
was mighty ANXIOUS t. have that cor
respondenos destroyed for a married
woman. Now let US notice some OF
these other letters, They cay that
Tom Dalton VIZ tie them. Look at this
one in which she says she will send
him her picture. Now l want to show
you something strange, VI this forgery.
II, re Ia her pic ure fou I'D in TIM Dial
toms pocket; take that letter just as il
is folded and droD tina pictu IN it; see
how mic .ly the fold, If tne Letter fit
around the p cture. Don't you know
that lis Is the ltttsr III conveyed
this picture to her dimpled, blue eyed
boy An, gentlemen, You asked Mr..
Polk when ne was on the stand II lis
wife W ots those letters. could but
sympath a. with Mr.. Polk when !
heard his answer; he wasn'r like the
,me man he was on his fret exsm-
ination, but hesitating q moment he
answered,
I DON'T THINK SHE DID HAVE NEVER
GOTTEN ANY LIKE THEM.
And now, in regard to that auony-
nous letter he wrote Mr.. Polk while
at Monteagle. The gentlemen on the
other side take very different view
of his intentions from what l do.
They cay that IL he had won her love
and then tried to ruin her by poison
log her in the estimation OF her hus.
band, then he would d, serve to die.
put different constl u itinn on the
purport of that letter, and ! will prove
by one OF hers what the obi oct OF both
OF them was. She says in one OF her
letters to him that she had
been TO the fortu1e tel er's and had
been told by the fortune teller that she
was to be married twice, and "while
there was life there was hope" Hope
OF what2 Hope Of being married u
the man she loved. Now he enter
tainsd the same hope. He loved her
and was willing to do any hing to gain
her, heuce he tried tn stir such spirit
of iealousy in the bosom OF the hus
baud as would secure a separation and
divorce, and then the hope OF the tive
would be Ieaiz d and they would be
united 10 marriage, But, gentlemen,
outs de OF these letters We have the
direct testimony Of the mother and
aunt about these meetings. They tell
you that they not only heard them
mske arrsng ments to go riding, but
heard them make Bargains TO 90 10
assiguation houses. Gen. Tu ner says
that this was lie, becsuse It was done
so openly. In the celebrated Sickles
case, gu ted 80 often by them, the
wife was dete ted waving her hand.
keIchiei as q signal 10 the adu terer on
tf a nnhliC hioh " In hrna1 anaV, dax-